I live very close to the sea (300m/1000ft).
Not a day goes by where I do not look out at the sea and enjoy living here.
Today is a bit different.
This noon a five year old boy was playing in the water with his foster siblings, wanted to protect the inflatable toy he had and ran out into deeper waters. The current is very strong.

The army, coast guard and police have now been searching for him for about six hours. There is no hope of survival.


This is not the first time. I remember losing a good friend out there.

Nature is so beautiful that we tend to forget how dangerous it can be. The peaceful glitter of the sea, the calm breeze. Mother nature is beautiful... but don't underestimate her power.

Have no fear... AMP is here!

The part about the radiating stars is my subtle way of telling you that the sun is currently shining here i Denmark. I enjoy that a lot.

The part about the monsters is due to the fact that I'm writing a paper on 'Cloverfield'. I loved the movie and since it's so new I wanted to research this subject. Tha paper will be on realism in films and I'll use 'Cloverfield' as an example of realism in modern american cinema.
If anyone should have comments or ideas... please don't hesitate to leave a comment.

Till then I'll leave you with some fanfilms made for a competition on the website http://www.whencloverfieldhit.com

Lots of hugs!

Here I am. Back at university after a nice quiet weekend.
Yes, it does feel like I'm back at school again. Not that I missed that feeling... at all.

Lots of things are happening. I've reestablished contact with so many people.
Martin Mau: A great friend form high school, who studied german here at KU (University of Copenhagen). We have lunch together quite regularly.

Maria Hjortholm: Another friend from High school. She is also a nicely sarcastic person. She gave birth to twim boys on march 3rd.

Tine Ekkelund Kristensen: High school too. We are so alike it's scary. She works as a graphic consultant and loves to take her camera outside. She spent a few years abroad after high school just like me.

Thomas Ebeling: This one is from earlier. We used to sit next to each other in class and literally hated each other. Now we have contact again and everything is different. We probably coudn't get along because we are too alike.

Lenette Sørensen: One of my oldest friends in this country. We went to kindergarden together. We share a lot of stuff, especially our taste in films and music.

And I found some of the guys from the old high school news paper.

Funny how people return to you if you make a tiny effort to contact them.

Hi there

It's cold outside and rainy but I haven't felt this good for a long time. Not everything is perfect and the past is not forgotten, I just feel really motivated.
I woke up one night and couldn't go back to sleep. I was feeling down and depressed. My grandmother died January 3rd. I don't really know what made the difference that night, but after almost a lifetime of depression I thought to myself... "Why the f*** not?!"
I've decided to follow my dreams. Just like that! The sky is the limit.
That might seem weird or over the top, but I am going to do it.
I will not tell you my plans yet, 'cause it's all still uncut diamonds. Be patient, kids.
I can tell you this much... it's going to be a treat for bloggers.

University is fine. The courses are great, the professors are top notch. I just don't like my co-students... at all.
Of course I'm different. I'm about 6-7 years older than most of them, I've seen a bit of the world and just being half german makes a difference, but there are just things about these kids that make me angry.

We get the chance in this country not only to study for free, but the state allows us to see the masterpieces of cinema through the centuries. Of course we start at the beginning. That means silent films. I enjoy the films. I respect the technical challenge the filmmakers overcame and that this is the base of what we have today. It's a way of looking back into the past. You can see people moving about and watch their body language even though they have been gone for decades. I love these movies.
Sadly my wonderfull co-students have absolutely NO respect for the foudation of this media they chose to study. At the screenings they eat, drink, talk loudly, throw stuff around the auditorium and worst of all tell each other how stupid this old crap is. I don't know whether I want to scream or cry whenever I hear this.
It's not only silent film though. Films that are just black and white are also "old and boring". What can I expect from people that start of these studies with the sentence... "Terminator is my favorite movie!". I liked Treminator too, but there is so much cool stuff out there if you just keep your head open.

Life is tough at the moment. My grandmother died a few weeks ago. I really miss her. She and my mom raised me. There are so many tiny things I miss. It feels like the universe is out of balance at the moment. I don't want to talk a lot about it.
I hope things will be better soon.

For this month I chose...



GRUSS AN AACHEN

I picked this one because of it's wonderful purity with a touch of apricot.

It's a floribunda rose with a very faint scent.
She is the daughter of the roses 'Frau Karl Druschki' and 'Franz Degen'. It was bred in 1909 by Geduldig, Germany.
It will reach a height of about 60cm and will go well in a pot.

www.roses.dk